Toro "reel" mower w/ Briggs Stratton Motor ~ One Banger Boys

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

Maximum operating speed should be 3200 rpm.

[fancourtagee]

Great mower, I have the same kind, how do you adjust the blade reel to get it closer to the blade knife?

[clockguy2]

That model 8 engine looks almost like my old 5S engine except for the little flap of tin over the head. Great little engines but the carbs run rich when the tank is full and lean as it nears empty. That's why the tank is so shallow.

[musclecarpower]

My dad had one of these from 1963 to 1993 and mowed about 2 acres with it and as far as I know the motor still runs

[tamiya1]

cool man

[briggs5sboy]

its a model 5s or 6s. the only difference was the length of the stroke.

[douro20]

A guy who lives where I used to has two Jacobsen sickle-bar mowers which both date to around 1948-49, both with the original Wisconsin 23hp engines.

[BeboAltizer]

how many horses?

[1944johndeerel]

isnt that a model 6? i have 3 model 8's and they have 2 piece flowjet carbs.

[fstwrtr]

as a kid thats what I mowed with, only it had a grass catcher on the back

[024reredrum]

Very nice! I saw a very interesting machine today, it looked like a very early version of a riding lawn mower it was basically a tricycle with a reel mower in between the rear wheels. Has anyone ever heard of a machine like this? I have no idea what make or model it was but I thought it was really cool. Unfortunately it appeared to be used as a decoration in someone's front yard very sad to see such a nice old machine just rusting away like that.

[hitdapipe]

what you seen wasent that uncommon they are used in golf courses mainly for mowing the greens and tees. and sometimes tee banks also they still produce the hell out of them mowers you just have to know where to get one

[TimSDobson]

Thats awesome. I bought one for 30 bucks and used the motor to power a go cart. I then put the mower back together and took it to the cottage. My dad gave it away. Pissed me off. It was a sweet unit. Wish I knew what year it was. I want another.

[coondogtheman1234]

lets see this baby cut some grass.

[MavisRacing]

i wantd to see it cut grass to

[hootergirlsrhot]

thats quite old

a 59 year old gas motor

[NuDawgontheblock]

Wow! that was a real thriller....

[4TIMESAYEAR]

We had a later model; they didn't change much..

[DRNEGOLICIS]

i have a 6s that came off one of these i hope to get the lawn mower from the guy that gave me the engine

[ColibriMONOPOL]

That started so easy, Well it came from a time when things was built to last. Not a inch of plastic!

[Hallaran]

I had a Rocket Eclipse reel mower back in 1967

that was probably 20 years old at the time.

Extremely well made, ran like a swiss watch...

[krankiev]

HOLY SHIT I got one just like it but with a more modern 2 hp engine. It needs new tires but otherwise it's good to go.

[PHAEDRIDER]

i love those motors.. we get them in once in awhile, and somewhere i have a buttload of parts that an old guy gave us a few years back.. i think i shall get on the ball and restore one for myself.. . BUT as the reel guy at our shops i will tell you now that i have absolutely NO love for the toro sportlawns!!!!!!!!!! zero! pain in the ass to sharpen..

[gasman7777]

were you at a convention or something when you shot this video? i can hear all the other engines in the backround. what year is this motor?

[onebangerboys]

The video was taken at an old engine show in Morrilton, Arkansas on 9/29/2007. The build date of the motor will be uploaded shortly.

[onebangerboy]

It was made in June of 1950

[fordwillkillyou]

what model engine is that? 5? WM? WMB?

[onebangerboy]

Its a model 8 cast iron, Toro sportlawn.

[onebangerboys]

That would be a Briggs and Stratton Model 8.

[nrp2oo9]

damn idles better then my new 2002 engine

[onebangerboys]

Yep... we too are amazed at how well these old B&S engines idle + how easily they start.

[ClassicTVFan82]

Too bad you can't buy direct replacements for them anymore.

[DarkPalid]

ebay lol..

NICE

[TheTractorShed]

Nice! Do you know any where to find old lawn equitment like this?